Electric range



G. W. HART.

ELECTRIC RANGE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. 1922.

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Application filed June 5, 1922. Serial No. 565,903.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GERALD W. HART, a citizen of the .United States, residing at West Hartford, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Electric Ranges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to electric ranges, and has for its object to provide an electric range having novel and improved features.

The following is a description of the preferred embodiment of. my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which, I

Figure l is an elevation, partly broken away, of a portion of the front of an electric range embodying my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, partly in elevation, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The electric range illustrated in the drawings is provided with a top 2; a dial or face plate 4 which is inclined forwardly from its upper edge and has its upper edge arranged adjacent the top 2; and an openingbelow the face plate closed by a removable closure which in the present embodiment is the front wall of a drip pan 6 having a horizontal bottom wall 8, and a vertical front wall 10 having its upper edge arranged adjacent the lower edge of the face plate when the drip pan is closed, the drip pan being mounted to slide forwardly from the range. enables the plate to be conveniently seen by a person standing in front of the range and the vertical closure 10 results in a desirable configuration for the front of the range.

The illustratedmange embodying my invention is also provided with 'a plurality ofrotary snap switches -12, of which there are a number of makes upon the market,'for

controlling the heating elements of the range. The switches are provided with opcrating spindles 14 that extend through apertures in the face plate and have 'arrow shaped thumb pieces 16 secured on their ,blocks 18 of porcelain or other insulating material which are secured on a supporting plate- 20 projecting from the top 2 of the range and spaced back of the face plate.

' The supporting plate 20 is arranged paralplate.

The inclination. of the face platelel to the face plate 4, andsaid upper portions of the blocks are arranged parallel with the face plate so that the axes of to switches 12 are arranged perpendicular to the face plate, thus enabling the thu ab pieces 16 to be rotated properly over said To provide for the fuse plugs which are usually employed in electric ranges the switch blocks 18 are extended vertically downward. below said switch supporting portions and behind the closure 10, and the front surfaces 22 of this lower portion of the blocks are arranged opposite and parallel of the blocks are provided-with sockets 24 in which fuse plugs 26"are mounted, the sockets opening out through and having their axes perpendicular to the verticalsurface portions 22 of the switch to the vertical closure. Said lower portions blocks. .With this construction it will be Y apparent that the end faces of the fus'eplugs are directed'tow'ard the closure 10 so that they are conveniently accessible to view upon opening-the, closure thus making it unnecessary to remove the plugs in order to inspect them and rendering them'easy of accessfor the purpose of removaland replacement.

What I claim is:- j

1. Anele'ctric range having, in combination, a face plate inclined rearwardly from its lower edge,a movable closure arranged in a substantially vertical plane and adjacent the lower edge of the face plate when in closed position, a block, spaced back of said face plate and said closure and having its upper portion arranged opposite and substantially parallel to said face plate, and its lower portion arranged opposite and sub stantially parallel to said-closure, said lower portion of the block having a socket for a fuse plug opening out through and having its axis substantially perpendicular to the front face of said lower portion, a rotary snap switch mechanism mounted on said upper portion of the block and having its operating means extending through said face plate, ,and a. fuse plug mounted in said socket.- i j 2. An electric range havin in combi nation, a face plate inclined rearwardly from its lower edge, a movable closure arranged in a substantially vertical plane and adjacent the lower edge of the face plate when in closed position, a block spaced back of said face plate and said closure and having its upper portion arranged opposite and substantially parallel to said face plate, and its lower portion arranged opposite and substantially parallel; to said closure. said lower portion of the block having a socket for a fuse plug opening out through and having its axis subsisanizially perpendicular to the 10 front. face of said lower portion a rotary snap switch mechanism mounted on said upper portionof the block and having its operating means extending through said face plate, and a fuse plug mounted in said versa.

GERALD W. HART. 

